" We do this to handle inundation in the upcoming rainy season"

Entering rainy season, South Jakarta Water Resources Sub-dept. has alerted 51 pump machines to suck up inundation in South Jakarta.

South Jakarta Water Resources Sub-dept.'s Maintenance Section Head, Firmansyah stated that those machines are spread to 26 pump houses. His side also prepares 152 officers in 8 sub-districts.

"We do this to handle inundation in the upcoming rainy season," he told, Friday (9/21).

Of 26 pump houses, one of them is Madrasah Pump House that is still under repair and targeted to be finished by the end of this year.

"We also prepare two mobile pumps and five trailer pumps to the fi eld," he said.